Basic Information

Faculty

• Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences (ILAS)
• Faculty of Education

Email Address

• Email Address

  brotherhood.thomas.4vkyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 22 Aug. 2016

  オクスフォード大学修士（教育（比較国際教育））
• 01 Aug. 2020

  オクスフォード大学博士（教育学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• ランカスター大学, 英文学部英文学科, 卒業

Research History

• From Sep. 2024, To Present

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Education, Senior Lecturer
• From Apr. 2023, To Present

  Hiroshima University, Research Institute for Higher Education, Visiting Associate Professor
• From Apr. 2021, To Aug. 2024

  Rikkyo University, College of Business Department of Global Business, Assistant Professor
• From Apr. 2023, To Mar. 2024

  Tokyo Metropolitan University, International Education Office, Part-time Lecturer
• From Oct. 2016, To Aug. 2020

  University of Oxford, Department of Education, Doctoral Researcher and Research Assistant, Doctoral Researcher
• From Jan. 2018, To Jan. 2019

  Hiroshima University, Research Institute for Higher Education, Doctoral Fellow

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0002-3071-3349

• J-Global ID

  202101020113756203

• Researcher number

  40926656

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/tbrotherhood

Research

Research Interests

• Sociology
• Sociology of Education
• Common Good
• Public Goods
• Internationalization
• Migration
• Higher Education

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, Sociology, Migration studies
• Humanities & social sciences, Sociology of education
• Humanities & social sciences, Tertiary education
• Humanities & social sciences, Education - general

Papers

• Fun, money, and mom: Japanese EMI students’ desire to study abroad

  Allie Spencer Patterson; Thomas Brotherhood; Gene Thompson

  System, Jun. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• Making the world a better place? English higher education and global public good

  Simon Marginson; Lili Yang; Thomas Brotherhood

  Higher Education, 13 Dec. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• Higher education and national and global public good(s) in Ontario, Canada

  Elisa Brewis; Thomas Brotherhood; Lili Yang

  Higher Education, 26 Oct. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• The Institutional and Social Support Survey (ISS‐10): Quantifying international faculty language support

  Allie Spencer Patterson; Thomas Brotherhood

  Higher Education Quarterly, 28 Mar. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• International faculty: exploring the relationship between on-campus support and off-campus integration

  Thomas Brotherhood; Allie Spencer Patterson

  Higher Education, 08 Nov. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• International Student Mobility to Japan: Hitting the Target, but Missing the Point

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Handbook of Children and Youth Studies, 02 Jun. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Lives on hold: Prospective international students and the #JapanTravelBan

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Journal of International Students, 29 May 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• A narrative exploration of agency in the education-migration nexus

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Asia Pacific Education Review, 23 May 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Consolidating regulatory and personal accounts of student migration: a mixed methods study in the UK and Japan

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Globalisation, Societies and Education, 01 Jan. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• A crisis of opportunity at English universities: Rethinking higher education through the common good idea

  Lili Yang; Thomas Brotherhood; Maia Chankseliani

  Educational Review, 10 Sep. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author

  
• COVID-19 and higher education: Implications for equity, and a return to the common good

  Brotherhood, Thomas; Yang, Lili; Chankseliani, Maia

  The Post Pandemic University, Sep. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Considering agency in the education-migration nexus: a temporal analysis of structure-agency relations with student-migrants

  Brotherhood, Thomas

  Aug. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Evolutions in knowledge production policy and practice in Japan: a case study of an interdisciplinary research institute for disaster science

  Akiyoshi Yonezawa; Christopher D. Hammond; Thomas Brotherhood; Miwako Kitamura; Fumi Kitagawa

  Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 03 Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed

  
• Towards an actor-centered typology of internationalization: a study of junior international faculty in Japanese universities

  Thomas Brotherhood; Christopher D. Hammond; Yangson Kim

  Higher Education, Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Are junior international faculty being used as a fig leaf?

  Thomas Brotherhood

  University World News, 07 Sep. 2019

  
• International Student Migration in Japan: Considering the Life Course in a New Migration Pathway

  Brotherhood, Thomas

  Daigakuronshu, Apr. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• International Student Migration in Japan

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Daigakuronshuu, 31 Mar. 2019

  
• Japanese student perspectives on spatial inequality during transition to high school

  Thomas Brotherhood

  31 Aug. 2016

  

Presentations

• Considering universities as migration intermediaries

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Society for Research in Higher Education, 07 Dec. 2023

  
• Comparing student migration in the UK and Japan

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies, 2022

  
• International faculty: Exploring the relationship between on-campus support and off-campus integration

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Research Institute for Higher Education, Japan, 2022

  
• Why do international students move internationally? Agency as a catalyst for international study

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Hiroshima University Centre for International Education, 2021

  
• Considering universities’ support responsibilities towards their international community

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Centre for Global Higher Education annual research meeting, 2020

  
• Towards an actor-centered typology of internationalization: A study of junior international faculty in Japanese universities

  Thomas Brotherhood

  STORIES annual conference, Oxford, UK, 2019

  
• Migrating through university: International students’ migration journeys in Japan

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Centre for Global Higher Education seminar series, 2019

  
• Agency of International Student-Migrants in Japan

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Higher Education Research Association, 2019

  
• Junior international faculty members in Japanese universities: Internationalisation, integration, and dejimisation’

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Consortium of Higher Education Researchers annual conference, Kassel, Germany, 2018

  
• A crisis of opportunity at English universities: Rethinking higher education through the common good idea

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, 2018

  
• International student migration in Japan: From the individual to the institution

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Paper presented at Education University of Hong Kong, 2018

  
• Internationalisation in higher education: Who is responsible for the wellbeing of international students?

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Invited public lecture presented at the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2017

  
• Considering nationality and tenure in the academic experiences and aspirations of international junior faculty at Japanese universities

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Global Higher Education Forum, 2017

  
• Students, migrants, or student-migrants? A longitudinal study of international students’ migrant identity throughout migration transitions in the UK and Japan

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Invited public lecture presented at University College London, London, UK, 2016, Invited

  
• Equality of access and opportunity in education: Intersections of gender, race and social class

  Thomas Brotherhood

  Invited public lecture presented at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 2016, Invited

  

Books and Other Publications

• International Student Mobility to Japan: Hitting the Target, but Missing the Point

  Brotherhood, Thomas, Single work

  Jun. 2023

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  
• Agency of International Student-Migrants in Japan

  Single work, Brotherhood, Thomas

  Bloomsbury, Apr. 2022

  
• International Faculty: Increasing Mobility

  Brotherhood, Thomas, Single work

  Amsterdam University Press, Sep. 2021

  

Media Coverage

• Disciplinary Guide: Migration Studies

  Research with International Students, https://researchintlstudents.com/disciplinary-guide-migration-studies/, Jun. 2024, Internet

  
• Creating accessible and inclusive EMI classrooms using narrative podcasts

  FreshEd, https://freshedpodcast.com/recommended/brotherhood/, Apr. 2024, Others

  
• Impact of Japanese international tuition fee hike debated

  Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/impact-japanese-international-tuition-fee-hike-debated#:~:text=Expected%20tuition%20fee%20increases%20by,to%20double%20international%20student%20enrolments., Mar. 2024, Paper

  
• Japan expected to lose 140,000 students by mid-century

  Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/japan-expected-lose-140000-students-mid-century, Jul. 2023, Paper

  
• Why International Student Move Internationally and What Does the Increase in International Student Mobility Mean for Higher Education in Europe and Asia

  Hiroshima University, Dec. 2022, Internet

  
• ボーダーレスな環境で世界基準のリーダーシップ教育を——グローバル視点で見る立教経営

  立教大学, Sep. 2022, Pr

  
• Student engagement: how do the US, Europe and Japan compare?

  Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student-engagement-how-do-us-europe- and-japan-compare, Jan. 2020, Internet

  
• Comparing higher education in the US, Europe and Japan

  VNExpress, https://vnexpress.net/so-sanh-giao-duc-dai-hoc-o-my-chau-au-va-nhat-4044574.html, Jan. 2020, Internet

  
• Why are international graduates so keen on jobs in Japan?

  Study International, https://www.studyinternational.com/news/jobs-japan-international-graduates/, Nov. 2019, Internet

  
• Are junior international faculty being used as a fig leaf?

  University World News, https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20190902093951722, Sep. 2019

  
• FreshEd Podcast #164 with Dr. Will Brehm

  FreshEd Podcast with Dr. Will Brehm, https://soundcloud.com/freshed- podcast/freshed-164-higher-education-internationalization-in-japan-tom-brotherhood-and-chris- hammond, Aug. 2019, Media report

  
• Foreign academics in Japan ‘marginalised’ and ‘disillusioned’

  Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/foreign-academics-japan- marginalised-and-disillusioned, Aug. 2019, Internet

  
• Japan: A new home for student migrants?

  Inside Higher Ed, https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/world-view/japan-new-home-student-migrants, Nov. 2018, Internet

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Higher education and migrant flows: Japanese universities as migration intermediaries

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 09050:Tertiary education-related

  Kyoto University;Rikkyo University

  BROTHERHOOD THOMAS

  From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted

  Higher Education;Migration;higher education;migration;internationalization;institutions;common good;highly skilled;Japan;Universities

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K13732/
• A Comparative Study in the Roles and Contributions of Foreign Faculty and Researchers in Japan

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Basic Section 09020:Sociology of education-related

  Hiroshima University

  Futao Huang

  From 01 Apr. 2019, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed

  外国人教員・研究者;国際化;比較研究;外国人教員;外国人研究者;高等教育国際化;国際比較研究;役割;国際比較;インタビュー調査;高等教育の国際化;大学教員の国際的流動

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19H01640/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Education, English)I-E1

  HA04, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Pedagogy II-E2

  H728, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Pedagogy I-E2

  H727, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Advanced Lecture for Pedagogy II-E2

  H716, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Advanced Lecture for Pedagogy I-E2

  H715, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Contemporary Research in Global Higher Education

  6365, Fall, Faculty of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Contemporary Research in Global Higher Education

  6365, Fall, Graduate School of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Studies on Higher Education B

  6361, Fall, Graduate School of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Studies on Higher Education A

  6360, Spring, Graduate School of Education, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Basics of Higher Education

  6345, Spring, Graduate School of Education, 2

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  グローバル教育展開オフィス運営委員会　委員
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  部局国際交流委員会　委員

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From Apr. 2023, To Present

  International Committee, Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
• From Jan. 2018, To Mar. 2024

  Editorial Committee (Assistant Editor), Higher Education Forum